Jane Austen and William Cowper
Today’s guest post on Jane Austen and William Cowper is from Christine Grocott, who attended the Jane Austen Society of …
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Searching for Maud in the “Emily” Series
It’s a pleasure to introduce Melanie J. Fishbane’s guest post on L.M. Montgomery’s journals and her “Emily” books. Melanie is …
A Visit to Green Gables
I went to Prince Edward Island last weekend and visited Green Gables for the first time in a few years. …
First Impressions: Jane Austen’s radical female friendship
Congratulations to Emily Midorikawa and Emma Claire Sweeney, whose book A Secret Sisterhood: The hidden friendships of Austen, Brontë, Eliot …
Why Did Jane Austen Abandon The Watsons?
It’s a pleasure to introduce this guest post by Kathleen A. Flynn on Jane Austen’s unfinished novel The Watsons. Kathleen’s …
Emma the Imaginist
Deborah Yaffe is the author of Among the Janeites: A Journey Through the World of Jane Austen Fandom (2013). She’s …
The Elizabeth Bishop House
A few days ago, I headed out on a road trip to Great Village, Nova Scotia, to take some pictures …
Anne’s House of Dreams and the “great Canadian novel”
“Young Dr. Blythe” is a very busy man and he’s often away from the little white house he and Anne …
Five Years!
Jane Austen’s letters, her novels Emma and Persuasion, the virtue of charity, the history of Nova Scotia, and the composition …
Imagining Jane Austen’s Childhood
“But history, real solemn history, I cannot be interested in … a great deal of it must be invention,” says …
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